A karutagane tatami gusoku (Chain mail suit of folding armor)


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryConstructed of chain mail and rectangular iron plates lacquered russet-brown, sewn onto a fabric backing, the do with seven sections of kusazuri, the hanbo lacquered russet-brown and fitted with a three-lame yodarekake lacquered black, the bottom lame finised in an ishime surface; one wood storage box; no armor stand